It is a long time since South Africa has produced a discus thrower of note, but Franz Kruger looks like he can fill that gap ATHLETICS: Julian Drew THE discus throw has been dominated by Americans and athletes from the former Societ bloc. But lately the pendulum has begun to swing as new political doctrines […]

Critical Consumer Pat Sidley SOUTH AFRICAN consumers should be getting used to the notion of debating critical issues around their health care. But one issue that needs a bit more attention is the rationing of health care. More precisely — who should live and who should die, a question facing hospitals and health maintenance organisations […]

Residents of Kathorus will get their homes back, writes Mduduzi ka Harvey. But where will the illegal occupants live now? THERE’S a ray of hope for more than 2 000 Kathorus families who were forced to flee their homes because of political violence between Inkatha Freedom Party hostel dwellers and ANC-aligned residents in the East […]

Farouk Chothia THERE have been seven attacks on prominent Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members involved in peace initiatives with the ANC since last September. The Human Rights Committee (HRC) suspects these attacks are being carried out by hardliners who oppose the peace initiatives of their moderate colleagues. But IFP senator Philip Powell vehemently denied this. […]

Weekly Mail Reporter THE Weekly Mail & Guardian hired a private investigator to “bug” the offices of former Civil Co-Operation Bureau chief Staal Burger in 1992 after receiving evidence from a number of sources about secret meetings at his Hillbrow hotel, the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court was told this week. The intention, senior staffer Eddie Koch […]

IT should come as no surprise that there are military ghosts in the SABC machine. In a way, it’s a bit unfair to single out new head of Agenda Nico van Burick when there are so many others, in places as influential or more so, who participated in the use of the SABC as a […]

Media and marketing Clive Simpkins THE marketing of our new dispensation is not and should not be to the overseas investment community only. There’s dignity-marketing too. Like many of the people I speak to, I am desperate that we project a mature, rational and dignified national image and example to countries both in Africa and […]

Is indigenous work going to get its due in the new South Africa’s school arts curriculum? Ivor Powell investigates a muddled situation BLAME it on the government of national unity, if you like, with its guarantees of jobs for civil servants. Or you can blame it on the new government’s White Paper on education and […]

CRICKET: Luke Alfred WITH Kepler Wessels’ retirement from the international scene and Hansie Cronje’s promotion as national captain, we seem to have been liberated from our fear of failure. At provincial level the youth policies followed so diligently by Natal have brought handsome rewards, with other provinces following suit. The Plascon Academy is up and […]

South African troops are not welcome in Angolan peacekeeping operations. Stefaans Brummer reports SOUTH Africa will not be part of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in Angola because Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos won’t play host to countries previously involved in his country’s war. Zimbabwe Defence Minister Moven Mahachi this week attacked South Africa for […]